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In the outrageous new comedy WALK OF SHAME, Elizabeth Banks plays reporter Meghan Miles as she embarks on a legendary walk of shame. However, in real life, Elizabeth Banks is on a different path, quite the opposite from a walk of shame.

In CLOSED CIRCUIT, Jim Broadbent plays an inscrutable Attorney General who always seems to mean more than he says. As an actor who has played every possible role, from high comedy to deep drama, Broadbent was easily able to create such a multi-faceted character.

In CLOSED CIRCUIT, director John Crowley turns a timely tale of government surveillance into a very human drama. Be it on stage or in film, Crowley has demonstrated again and again his unique talent for making complex human stories intimate and real.

In THE WORLD’S END, Nick Frost changes things up, playing the sane and (somewhat) sober counterpart to Simon Pegg’s delirious delinquent. But no matter what the character, Frost brings here, as he does in all his roles, the same hilarious, all-too-human spirit.

In THE WORLD’S END, Edgar Wright once again displays his unique talent for connecting to and making fun of classic genre. But as with all his films, Wright’s brilliant, sometime bloody humor is never at the expense of his heart and humanity.